Everton vs Wolves

4 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Ashley Young 10’
  • Orel Mangala 33’
  • Craig Dawson 49’ (og), 72’ (og)

Match summary

Everton won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Wolves. Everton led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ashley Young put Everton ahead with a direct free kick in the 10th minute and Orel Mangala made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Dawson's own goal made it 3-0 from a corner in the 49th minute and Dawson's own goal made it 4-0 in the 72nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Everton created 1.50 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Wolves's 0.85 from 6.

Match stats

Everton Wolves
13 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.50 xG 0.85
1.50 Non-penalty xG 0.85
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Everton Wolves
Kick-off
Ashley Young1-0 (Everton)
10’
Orel Mangala2-0 (Everton)
33’
Half-time2-0
Craig Dawson
Own goal3-0 (Everton)
49’
Craig Dawson
Own goal4-0 (Everton)
72’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Everton
  • Orel Mangala
  • Harrison Armstrong

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.50 0.85 10’ Ashley Young (Everton), 1-0 10’ 33’ Orel Mangala (Everton), 2-0 33’ 49’ Craig Dawson (Everton) own goal, 3-0 49’ 72’ Craig Dawson (Everton) own goal, 4-0 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.50 0.85 10’ Ashley Young (Everton), 1-0 Young 10’ 33’ Orel Mangala (Everton), 2-0 Mangala 33’ 49’ Craig Dawson (Everton) own goal, 3-0 Dawson 49’ 72’ Craig Dawson (Everton) own goal, 4-0 Dawson 72’
Everton 1.50 xGWolves 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolves attacking Everton attacking 
90+3’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 31’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 20’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 29’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 88’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 87’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Ashley Young (Everton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 44’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 33’ Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 33’ Orel Mangala (Everton), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 27’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ João Gomes (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 48’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), own goal 72’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), own goal 90+3’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 31’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 20’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 29’ Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolves), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 88’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 87’ Jack Harrison (Everton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Ashley Young (Everton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 44’ James Tarkowski (Everton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 33’ Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 27’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Orel Mangala (Everton), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 43’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 8’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ João Gomes (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Gonçalo Guedes (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 49’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), own goal 72’ Craig Dawson (Wolves), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jordan Pickford GK900 0.000.041
Ashley Young DEF9011 0.060.000
James Tarkowski DEF901 0.060.000
Jarrad Branthwaite DEF900 0.000.000
Vitalii Mykolenko DEF901 0.060.021
Orel Mangala MID9011 0.050.051
Idrissa Gueye MID900 0.000.000
Iliman Ndiaye MID901 0.020.000
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID891 0.020.051
Dwight McNeil MID802 0.100.392
Dominic Calvert-Lewin FWD892 0.360.000
Jack Harrison Sub103 0.770.000
Armando Broja Sub10 0.000.000
Jesper Lindstrom Sub10 0.000.111
Harrison Armstrong Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 45% Avg odds 2.11
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.35
Wolves win 26% Avg odds 3.74

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Everton DLDDL
Wolves DDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolves 3-0 Everton, 30 Dec 23 Next meeting: Wolves 1-1 Everton, 08 Mar 25  All Everton vs Wolves meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.